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        Welcome to the Berkeley DB. This manual describes how to
        configure, build and install Berkeley DB. Installation of
        DB for all of the platforms it officially supports is
        described in this manual. Upgrade instructions and release
        notes for newer versions of this product are described here.
        For infomation on upgrading from historical versions, see the
        
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        Berkeley DB Upgrade Guide. </a>
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        Note that some operating systems and distributions might
        provide DB, either by default or as part of an
        installation option. If so, those platforms will have
        installation instructions for DB specific to them. In this
        situation, you should see the documentation for your operating
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            Berkeley DB is an open-source product, and as such it is
            usually offered in source-code format. This means that
            placing DB on your platform requires you to configure
            the build scripts, compile it, and then install the
            product onto your host system. The exception to this are
            Microsoft Windows platforms for which a binary installer
            is available. The Windows binary installer provides a 
	    fairly standard configuration of Berkeley DB; if you 
	    need special features (for example, encryption through 
	    the SQL API or the ODBC and JDBC drivers) you may enable
            them by compiling the product from source. 
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            For *nix systems, including the BSD and Linux systems,
            the usual <code class="literal">configure</code>,
            <code class="literal">make</code> and <code class="literal">make
            install</code> installation process is used to
            place DB on your platform. 
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                    Microsoft Windows, see <a class="xref" href="build_win.html" title="Chapter 5.  Building Berkeley DB for Windows"> Building Berkeley DB for Windows </a> 
                    or <a class="xref" href="build_wince.html" title="Chapter 6.  Building Berkeley DB for Windows Mobile"> Building Berkeley DB for Windows Mobile </a>. 
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                    Unix/POSIX — including Linux, BSD, Apple
                    iOS (known as iPhone OS previously), and Mac OS X
                    — see <a class="xref" href="build_unix.html" title="Chapter 7.  Building Berkeley DB for UNIX/POSIX"> Building Berkeley DB for UNIX/POSIX
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                    VxWorks, see <a class="xref" href="build_vxworks.html" title="Chapter 8.  Building Berkeley DB for VxWorks"> Building Berkeley DB for VxWorks </a>. 
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